Greatest Use Of A Musical Sample?

[scotthilk]

Hey, hey! I don't think there is a thread for this yet. I'd love to see what some of your favorite musical samples are. I know there are sooo many out there in funk, R&B, hip hop, etc. I'd love to hear your favorites. The more obscure and outside the box, the better! Post the original and then the sample and I will listen to them all!

 

[avecigrec]

There are a bunch here, but a thread worth reviving for sure!

Samples & Interpolations

I've always been a hip-hop fan, but as I've started becoming a bigger soul/funk fan I've really enjoyed stumbling across old songs and realizing it was sampled in a hip-hop song I love. I've started taking a deep dive on samples and even keep a playlist tracking my favorites. I'm always looking...

www.needlesandgrooves.com

 

[Ginormousthumbs]

Paul’s Boutique

 

[mdmost]

 

[scotthilk]

There are a bunch here, but a thread worth reviving for sure!

Samples & Interpolations

I've always been a hip-hop fan, but as I've started becoming a bigger soul/funk fan I've really enjoyed stumbling across old songs and realizing it was sampled in a hip-hop song I love. I've started taking a deep dive on samples and even keep a playlist tracking my favorites. I'm always looking...

www.needlesandgrooves.com

Oh, snap! Thanks for sending. I searched and couldn’t find anything, but I think I was looking for this.

 

[yukbon]

Paul’s Boutique

although this is the one true answer, I humbly submit the best use of an unexpected sample that I have come across this week:

 

[yukbon]

also a solid contender, the entire career of The Emergency Broadcast Network:



I understand they did the video stuff on U2's ZooTV tour.

 

[yukbon]

runners-up:

The Bomb Squad - like, all of their work. Very avant.

Skinny Puppy - Again, very avant. I mean, like, the entire discography but for example

The Avalanches Frontier Psychiatry